Infant&#39;s garment



Patented ct. 29, 1946 ZAlQM Caroline Wiese and HaroldV Wiese,

Cleveland, Ohio' Application November 8, 1943, Serial No. 569,364

1 Claim. l

This invention relates to infants garments and particulary to pinlessdiapers. We are aware that pinless diapers have heretofore beensuggested, but the difficulty has been primarily in that they have beenformed of irregular shape and, therefore, are not suitable formanufacture on an economical basis. Additionally, such suggestions haveusually included the use of tapes or special fastening devices whichincreased the laundering difficulties and which are apt to bind the legsof an infant by being unintentionally drawn too tightly.

An object of the present invention is not only to include theconstruction of a diaper that overcomes the aforesaid difiiculties, butalso to provide one which will be suitable for use with a shirt, andwhich is adapted to be economically made, and also capable of adjustmentto fit any size of infant from birth up to about two years.

Referring now to the drawing, Fig. 1 is a perspective View showing thecombination shirt and diaper embodying our invention; Fig. 2 is anillustration similar to Fig. 1, but showing the manner in which theparts fit together; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the coacting diaper partsshowing the first step inthe construction thereof; Fig. 4 is a plan Viewof the parts showing the second step; Fig. 5 is a plan view of acompleted diaper; Fig. 6 is a front View showing a modified form ofdiaper construction, and Fig. '7 is a plan view of the modied form ofconstruction.

The garment illustrated embodies a shirt Il] and a diaper I l which areadapted to be buttoned together at the sides and front of an infant. Theshirt preferably has strips I2 sewn onto the concealed faces thereof,directly behind the points at which side buttons 9 and a front button I3are attached. The strips permit the buttons to be moved downwardlyprogressively as the infant increases in size, without damaging any partof the material out of which the shirt is made.

The diaper is preferably made of a single layer of fabric l5, such asthat normally used for diaper material, having a rectangular shape asshown in Fig. 3 and having the length of an ordinary diaper but abouthalf the width thereof. On such layer there is preferably laid a layerof gauze i6 which is of the same length as the strip l5 but slightlynarrower than such strip. The gauze is placed centrally on the fabriclayer so that the projecting side portions of the fabric are of equalwidth, and then the gauze is fastened as by a zigzag stitch to thefabric along a transverse line indicated at l1 in Fig. 3. The fabriclayer and gauze are then folded transversel might be termed the rearpanel section.

(Cl. 12S-284) ly at their mid-portions, as along the line l1, with thegauze disposed outside the fabric, and then the sides of the fabriclayer are stitched together as at E8 in Fig. 4, while a rowof stitchingis also made around the folded margin. This makes a bag-like member openat one end which is then turned inside out, whereupon the open end isstitched closed, as along the line 20 in Fig. 5.

The combination shirt and diaper assembly is intended for attachment atthe sides and front of an infant, and additionally the diaper of Fig. 1is capable of distention to accommodate the increase in size of theinfant. Accordingly, that portion of the diaper which constitutes thefront panel section has a buttonhole 2l which is adapted to receive thecenter button on the shirt, and it has additional buttonholes 22 and 23for receiving the side buttons on the shirt. The buttonholes 22 are usedwhen the infant is small and the buttonholes 23 are used as the infantincreases in size. Cooperating with the buttonholes 22 and 23 are otherholes 22a and 23a, at the opposite end of the diaper or in what Thebuttonholes 22a and 23a are located in longitudinal alignment with thebuttonholes 22 and 23, respectively. In Fig. 1 for example, the sidebuttons on the shirt are passed through the buttonholes 23 and 23arespectively, while the front button passes through the opening 2|.

If it is desired to provide means for holding up stockings on an infant,then the diaper may also have buttons 25 and buttonholes 26 thereonwhich cooperate with a partV of the stocking material to permitfastening thereof to the diaper below the points at which the diaper isattached to the shirt, as is shown in Fig. 1.

A modified form of diaper construction is shown in Fig. 7, wherein oneend portion, indicated at 3Q, is narrower than the opposite end portionand wherein the diaper is provided with buttonholes 3l and Sla, adjacentthe corners thereof. The diaper is made by interposing a layer of gauzein the same manner as that described for the diaper of Fig. 1. Thenarrower portion 3l) is intended to constitute the front panel of thediaper and is designed to avoid bunching and also discomfort resultingtherefrom to very young infants. In this form, only the side buttons onthe shirt need be used.

An advantage of a combined shirt and diaper made according to thepresent invention is the safety to the infant due to the absence of pinsand due to the absence of tapes that are apt to bind the legs of theinfant. A further advantage is the fact that the diaper requires onlyabout half the fabric material normally used in making a diaper andincludes a layer of gauze which increases the absorptive quality.Moreover, by utilizing strips on the shirt to which the buttons areattached, the shirt will last considerably longer than a shirt normallydoes without any'discomfort to the infant.

We claim:

A diaper embodying two outer layers of fabric and two inner layers ofgauze disposed in superimposed relationship, the fabric and gauze beingsubstantially the same length, but the gauze being narrower than thefabric and being spaced centrally thereof, whereby the fabric hassubstantially equal longitudinally extending marginal portionsprojecting beyond the gauze on each side thereof, a line of stitchingextending across the gauze and fabric at one end thereof and connectingall together, other lines of stitching connecting together thelongitudinal edges of the fabric beyond the longitudinal edges of thegauze, said diaper having buttonholes extending along opposite endsthereof, some of said buttonholes extending through the gauze andfabric, and some of said buttonholes extending only through the layersof fabric.

CAROLINE WIESE. HAROLD E. WIESE.

